Preview Your Posts - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 02-18-2003, 11:04 AM

I have added a new feature to our forum: POST PREVIEW.

Now you will be able to see your post before you make it permanent. It's really quite simple, but if you have any questions of difficulties, please post them here.

Also, report any previewing errors you encounter here.

Thanks,

Raefindel · 02-18-2003, 11:22 AM

That's cool Barrow-wight! It works great, too. Thank You, sir.

**lindil** · 02-18-2003, 11:27 AM

But can it really help me [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] !

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 02-18-2003, 12:55 PM

You are a genius. No more annoying "Post edited by"s all over the place. Long li... er... rot the Barrow-Wight!

Bêthberry · 02-18-2003, 02:06 PM

My first use of the Preview button worked flawlessly, and on a very long post.

That's one less excuse for poor spelling, typing, etc. Let's hope the Preview button really encourages Downers to edit and revise before posting.

Bethberry

Galadrie1 · 02-18-2003, 05:36 PM

Yay, I love previewing my posts! For some strange reason, I find it to be fun....

Yay, that was fun. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] Thanks, BW, this is awesome!

Diamond18 · 02-18-2003, 06:58 PM

How interesting! Well, but you do know that if you find yourself editing multiple times, you can always erase the former edit messages.

I do wonder how the preview is different from just reading over the message before posting? All it does it put it in green.

But nevermind, I'm sure this will be quite helpful in some way, which I am simply too dense to realize.

Galadrie1 · 02-18-2003, 07:15 PM

Well, Diamond, for some reason I always notice more mistakes when my post is in green.... It's weird, I know, but true!

Birdland · 02-18-2003, 09:54 PM

Me, too, Galadriel. I can read an entry over and over. Then as soon as I post it some mistake will leap out at me. "Dang! How'd I miss that!"

Thank you for the button, B-W. Did you have to drop the borders in between the topics in order to put the button in? (I'm not complaining. Just wondering.)

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 02-19-2003, 04:17 AM

I know exactly what you mean, Galadrie1 and Birdland. I think that text is more difficult to read properly in the input window. That's why the preview is such a good idea.

Barrow-Wight, I've used it on nearly all my posts since I found out about the new feature, in one case constantly correcting and previewing before publishing. I haven't had any problems at all. Nice one!

[EDIT] Of course it still doesn't help you if you've somehow mixed up the words "feature" and "problem", does it?

[ February 19, 2003: Message edited by: Squatter of Amon Rudh ]

Liriodendron · 02-20-2003, 09:51 PM

It's nice, but don't do what I just did! A verrrrry long post (of course [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] ) I previewed, saw an error, tried to correct it in the preview mode, it jumped back and dissapeared! I should have put it back before trying to change or something. it all happened so fast! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] Argh! Oh well, that was one post that won't happen! Duh!

VanimaEdhel · 02-23-2003, 03:30 PM

Good, I'm not going senile at the age of fifteen. I saw the "Preview" button the other day and thought I was going insane and that it had been here my entire duration at the Downs (this month is my one year anniversary, by the way! Yay!).

Liriodendron: sometimes even if you just click "back" to check something, that happens.

And: I'll probably end up "edit"'ing everything a few times anyway, as I usually change the way I word a post about three or four different times if I'm saying anything worthwhile (well, worthwhile in my eyes, anyway).

But: great new feature, Barrow-Wight! I was actually thinking about a Preview button the other week (which was why I thought I'd lost my marbles completely when I saw the function).

Question: is there some way you could install a Spell-Checker of some variety? It might aid us in those typographical errors and the like.

02-18-2003, 11:04 AM	#1
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Preview Your Posts I have added a new feature to our forum: POST PREVIEW. Now you will be able to see your post before you make it permanent. It's really quite simple, but if you have any questions of difficulties, please post them here. Also, report any previewing errors you encounter here. Thanks, __________________ The Barrow-Wight

02-18-2003, 11:22 AM	#2
Raefindel Sword of the Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,313	That's cool Barrow-wight! It works great, too. Thank You, sir. __________________ Blessed be the Lord my Strength, Who trained my hands for war and my fingers to fight. Psallm 144:1

02-18-2003, 11:27 AM	#3
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	But can it really help me [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] ! __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.

02-18-2003, 12:55 PM	#4
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	You are a genius. No more annoying "Post edited by"s all over the place. Long li... er... rot the Barrow-Wight! __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

02-18-2003, 02:06 PM	#5
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,979	My first use of the Preview button worked flawlessly, and on a very long post. That's one less excuse for poor spelling, typing, etc. Let's hope the Preview button really encourages Downers to edit and revise before posting. Bethberry __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

02-18-2003, 05:36 PM	#6
Galadrie1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The wrong place at the wrong time. Posts: 385	Yay, I love previewing my posts! For some strange reason, I find it to be fun.... Yay, that was fun. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] Thanks, BW, this is awesome! __________________ "For this is what your folk would call magic, I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they mean; and they seem to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel."

02-18-2003, 06:58 PM	#7
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	How interesting! Well, but you do know that if you find yourself editing multiple times, you can always erase the former edit messages. I do wonder how the preview is different from just reading over the message before posting? All it does it put it in green. But nevermind, I'm sure this will be quite helpful in some way, which I am simply too dense to realize. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

02-18-2003, 07:15 PM	#8
Galadrie1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The wrong place at the wrong time. Posts: 385	Well, Diamond, for some reason I always notice more mistakes when my post is in green.... It's weird, I know, but true! __________________ "For this is what your folk would call magic, I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they mean; and they seem to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel."

02-18-2003, 09:54 PM	#9
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Me, too, Galadriel. I can read an entry over and over. Then as soon as I post it some mistake will leap out at me. "Dang! How'd I miss that!" Thank you for the button, B-W. Did you have to drop the borders in between the topics in order to put the button in? (I'm not complaining. Just wondering.)

02-19-2003, 04:17 AM	#10
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	I know exactly what you mean, Galadrie1 and Birdland. I think that text is more difficult to read properly in the input window. That's why the preview is such a good idea. Barrow-Wight, I've used it on nearly all my posts since I found out about the new feature, in one case constantly correcting and previewing before publishing. I haven't had any problems at all. Nice one! [EDIT] Of course it still doesn't help you if you've somehow mixed up the words "feature" and "problem", does it? [ February 19, 2003: Message edited by: Squatter of Amon Rudh ] __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

02-20-2003, 09:51 PM	#11
Liriodendron Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 527	It's nice, but don't do what I just did! A verrrrry long post (of course [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] ) I previewed, saw an error, tried to correct it in the preview mode, it jumped back and dissapeared! I should have put it back before trying to change or something. it all happened so fast! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] Argh! Oh well, that was one post that won't happen! Duh! __________________ http://www.lizmargason.com

02-23-2003, 03:30 PM	#12
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,461	Good, I'm not going senile at the age of fifteen. I saw the "Preview" button the other day and thought I was going insane and that it had been here my entire duration at the Downs (this month is my one year anniversary, by the way! Yay!). Liriodendron: sometimes even if you just click "back" to check something, that happens. And: I'll probably end up "edit"'ing everything a few times anyway, as I usually change the way I word a post about three or four different times if I'm saying anything worthwhile (well, worthwhile in my eyes, anyway). But: great new feature, Barrow-Wight! I was actually thinking about a Preview button the other week (which was why I thought I'd lost my marbles completely when I saw the function). Question: is there some way you could install a Spell-Checker of some variety? It might aid us in those typographical errors and the like. __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes